Michelin Guide knocks Daniel down to 2 stars
The Michelin Guide’s latest roster of top New York City restaurants says Brooklyn and Queens are hot, but Daniel Boulud has lost a little sizzle.
For the past three years, the same seven restaurants have held a virtual lock on the organization’s coveted three-star rating: Daniel, Per Se, Masa, Le Bernardin, Eleven Madison Park, Jean Georges and Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare. But this year, only six maintained the honor for the guide’s 10th edition, which goes on sale Wednesday. Daniel, Boulud’s flagship Upper East Side restaurant, was bumped down to two stars.
“We obviously prefer to give stars than to take them away. Unfortunately, over numerous meals this year at Daniel he just wasn’t firing on all cylinders to maintain a third star,” Michael Ellis, director of the Michelin guides, said by telephone Tuesday. “There’s not one thing that I could point out. There was just not that consistency over the meals.”
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